Manticore IIC

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Manticore Heavy Tank IIC
Clan experimental
60 tons
BV: 1,795
Cost: 8,753,600 C-bills
Source: Hell's Horses

Movement: 4/6 (Tracked)
Engine: 240 XL

Internal: 30
Armor: 249 (Ferro-Fibrous)
Internal Armor
Front 6 70
Right 6 45
Left 6 45
Rear 6 32
Turret 6 57

Weapons Loc Heat
ER PPC TU 15
Streak SRM 6 TU 4
LRM 20 TU 6
AP Gauss Rifle FR 1

Ammo Loc Shots
Streak SRM 6 Ammo BD 15
LRM 20 (Clan) Artemis-capable Ammo BD 6
LRM 20 (Clan) Artemis-capable Ammo BD 6
LRM 20 (Clan) Artemis-capable Ammo BD 6
AP Gauss Rifle Ammo BD 40

Equipment Loc
Artemis IV FCS TU
Armored Chassis BD
ECM Suite BD
Karagin
03/30/14 03:25 PM
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So why would the Clans refit or scratch build this?
Karagin

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03/30/14 03:28 PM
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Hell's Horses does quite a bit of combined arms warfare. The Manticore is an excellent design by IS standards, and it would only make sense to upgrade this to clan-spec for their use.
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03/30/14 03:47 PM
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just curious, but why not put the ap gauss in the turret? Yes, it makes it more likely to lose all your weapons when it gets stuck or taken out. But the wider firing arc would be better..

I have always liked the manticore. I can see them using it, but the armored chasis is the main thing I would question.
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03/30/14 03:54 PM
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The AP Gauss Rifle replaces the medium laser, which was located in the front. This Manticore is a relatively simple refitting of weaponry, so the weapons get upgraded but nothing super new is installed.
Karagin
03/30/14 05:56 PM
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Why would they? They have better tanks and such of their own, they would have no need to revamp an IS vehicle.
Karagin

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03/30/14 06:06 PM
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They have... better... tanks?

We are definitely not playing the same game then.
Karagin
03/30/14 06:26 PM
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The Clans do have better vehicles then the Inner Sphere, they chose not to use them the same way as the Inner Sphere does. Think about it, Clan tech allows a vehicle to carry far more items and thus able to do more. So again why would the Horses or any Clan need to use IS vehicles when they have their own and have the ability to make new ones.
Karagin

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Yes, clan tech does allow a vehicle to carry far more items and able to do more.(See my "Why the Clans Shouldn't Be Allowed To Make Weapon Carriers" thread)

What do they manage to do with this super advanced technology of theirs?

They come up with crap like the Ares Medium Tank, whose armor cannot withstand an AC/20 shell, a strange combination of LRM10s and 15s, which are for some reason mounted on the front, and whose speeds only matches the Mad Cat(without the enhanced mobility of one at that).

Anything the clans come up with vee wise that is anywhere close to decent(Donar) are few and far between.
Karagin
03/30/14 06:51 PM
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So your answer is to revamp an IS design? Why not fix their existing ones or better still build new ones?
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03/30/14 07:03 PM
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Why fix some PoS when you can take an actual successful design and upgrade it?
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03/30/14 07:28 PM
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It is not something the Horses would do. They would build new vehicles, or use the existing ones. You can fix or revamp the existing ones which would be done far more readily then building a new one or revamping an IS design.
Karagin

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03/30/14 07:48 PM
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There's not exactly a shortage of Manticores in the galaxy.

Also, Axel IIC. There's your counterarguement.
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03/30/14 07:50 PM
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Where is the canon Axel IIC found Retry? And while the Inner Sphere would have no shortage of Manticores, the Clans would not be so quick to use IS tech when they have better items and could build their own vehicles.
Karagin

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03/30/14 07:55 PM
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Axel IIC (Standard)
Created during the Jihad, this version of the Axel uses a Fusion Engine to reach a top speed of 64km/h. The weaponry has been completely replaced with Clan equipment. The weapons include an AP Gauss Rifle, Large Pulse Laser, and two LRM-15 missile launchers equipped with Artemis IV fire control systems. The tank is protected by an ECM Suite, CASE and eleven and a half tons of Ferro-Fibrous armor. BV (2.0) = 1,612

It's in the sarna.net wiki itself. And there are citations in it.

That's great, but no IS tech is being used other than the Manticore Frame(And even then, nothing says the Clans wouldn't modify it for themselves). The weaponry, the armor, the engine are all clan-made.
Karagin
03/30/14 08:01 PM
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Which book Retry? The Wiki is an open source site, that means you have to fully trust the info is being put in correctly to start with.
Karagin

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03/30/14 08:06 PM
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Search the citations.
Karagin
03/30/14 08:12 PM
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Sorry but not going to, you are making the claim, not me, so you need to back it up.
Karagin

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03/30/14 08:16 PM
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TRO:3058U.

Now back up your claims.
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03/30/14 08:18 PM
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That the Clans would make their own vehicle? Sure thing, look at any of the TROs they show only Clan made vehicles, not IS frames refitted.

And you are still not correcting the short coming of the missing heat sinks.
Karagin

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03/30/14 08:21 PM
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No, the claim where you said the clans wouldn't use IS vees as a base for their own. You know, like the Axel IIC that shouldn't apparently exist because the clanners wouldn't make IICs of vees?
Karagin
03/30/14 08:27 PM
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The Axel IIC is it a front line unit or one used by FRR units?
Karagin

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03/30/14 08:30 PM
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What? How is that relevant at all.
Karagin
03/30/14 08:34 PM
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It is relevant in that if it is used by the front line troops then it's being supported and new ones built, if it is not then it's something given to the FRR units as gift to show that the GB Clan supports them at least to a point. And again it would make far more sense to build a new vehicle then to import IS made frames to build something else. Now is this a vehicle found in your "alternate" universe?
Karagin

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03/30/14 08:53 PM
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No, it's not of my alternate universe. I like Manticores, so I made a Clan one.

And you haven't quite proven anything, you've just piled on claims with more claims.
Karagin
03/30/14 09:00 PM
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Also you would gain more with the Large Pulse Laser over the ER PPC, gaining back 5 tons that could be put to better use like upgrading the ARTIV to an ARTV or adding in extra Anti-infantry weapons.
Karagin

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Karagin
03/30/14 09:38 PM
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You haven't proven why they would make one.
Karagin

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You haven't proven why they wouldn't.
Karagin
03/30/14 09:46 PM
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I have, they have their own vehicles, which to their way of thinking are better then anything the IS makes. Also given how they, the Clans, look down on vehicles, they would not waste the resources on them unless they gain something and the Axel IIC is a token vehicle to show that the IS-population of the Dominion is being welcomed into the fold so to speak, it is not a rule of thumb or even a sign of things changing. So again please show where the Clans would stop making their own vehicles and start out fitting IS made frames....
Karagin

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03/30/14 09:48 PM
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Since when would they be IS made? The Clans are fully capable of making a Manticore frame.
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